Clippers Lakers Line
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers open their 2020-21 seasons Tuesday with no fans allowed at Staples Center. F LeBron James and the Lakers begin their title defense at 10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Clippers-Lakers NBA betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
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Clippers at Lakers: Betting odds, spread and lines
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Clippers Vs Lakers Line
Money line: Clippers +135 (bet $100 to win $135) Lakers -160 (bet $160 to win $100)Against the spread/ATS: Clippers +3.5 (-115) Lakers -3.5 (-105)Over/Under: 220.5 (O: -110 U: -110)Clippers at Lakers: Key Injuries
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Clippers at Lakers: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Lakers 106, Clippers 101
Money line (ML)
Clippers Lakers Spread
The LAKERS (-160) are the defending champions and have the most talented roster in the NBA when all are healthy. Well, it’s the season opener and James, PF Anthony Davis and Co. are healthy and ready to begin what hopes to be a second straight title run.
Of course, the Clippers are fully healthy, as well, and few teams in the NBA may be as motivated to knock off the 2019-20 bubble champs as the one led by Fs Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The Clippers also won the first two meetings of the Battle of Los Angeles last season by a combined 15 points, including a 112-102 victory in the season-opener, but the head-to-head series ended in a split at 2-2.
The Clippers made a head coaching switch this offseason by bringing in Tyronn Lue, but James is fully familiar with his gameplan and will prove superior.
The champs will stay on top.
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Against the spread (ATS)
Predictably, the two intra-city rivals are projected to be in a close, back-and-forth affair, even though all but one of the four meetings last year was decided by a margin greater than 5 points.
Few defenders are as well-equipped to contain James as Clippers’ Defensive Player of the Year candidate Leonard. Even if Leonard succeeds, the Lakers’ offseason additions of C Marc Gasol and PG Dennis Schroder should prove especially valuable against their expected top competition in the Western Conference. Oh, and there’s still Davis to worry about. He averaged 28.3 points per game against the Clippers last year and should again prove to be the X-factor.
Take the LAKERS -3.5 (-105) to win by at least 4 points with slightly better value than the money line.
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 220.5 (-110) is my top play in this season-opening contest. Not only are all teams expected to start the season a little rustier than usual following a shortened offseason and preseason, but the Clippers will still need time to find their new identity under Lue.
All four meetings last year also played below Tuesday’s projected total. Both teams focused on the defensive end with their offseason additions and defense will prevail Tuesday.
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It’s opening night in the NBA, and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers will tip off their season against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. If you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spread, moneyline odds and over-under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet on BetMGM.
The game tips off at 10:00 p.m ET and can be seen on TNT.
The new-look Lakers went a perfect 4-0 in the preaseason, with two wins over the Clippers. Talen Horton-Tucker led the Lakers in scoring in both wins over the Clippers, while LeBron James and Anthony Davis did not play. The superstar duo looked sharp in the Lakers’ last preseason win, combining for 55 points against the Suns.
Clippers Lakers Line
The Lakers have no players on the injury list. For the Clippers, Marcus Morris Sr. is reportedly out with a knee injury.
The lines, courtesy of BetMGM
Point spread: Lakers -3.5Money line: Lakers -160 / Clippers +135Over-under: 220.5Place your legal, online sports bets in CO, IN, MI, NV, NJ, PA, TN and WV at BetMGM.
Advice and prediction
It’s difficult to glean any useful information from the NBA preseason, especially given the short buildup to the season in 2020, but the Clippers did not look great, going 0-3 and losing their games by an average of 17 points.
The Lakers, meanwhile, may have found a key role player emerging in Talen-Horton Tucker, and got a few reps in with the first-choice lineup. Tuesday’s opener will have an entirely different intensity – and you may want to hold off on betting until you’ve seen each team play – but the best bet on the board is Lakers -3.5.
I’m less confident in the over/under, but in four games last season, Clippers-Lakers hit under 220.5 all four times. I’d lean toward the under again on Tuesday.
Lakers Clippers Lineup
Prediction: Lakers 107, Clippers 95
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